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With precision potentially attainable to better than 1 milliarcsecond, ground-based astrometric techniques are capable of detecting Jupiter-mass planets around the nearest stars. This paper is intended not as a review of the relevant progress in astrometry but is instead aimed at pointing out some of the pitfalls inherent in very high precision relative astrometry.
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McAlister, H.A. (1996). Aspects of Astrometric Searches for Other Planetary Systems. In: Shull, J.M., Thronson, H.A., Stern, S.A. (eds) The Search for Extra-Solar Terrestrial Planets: Techniques and Technology. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-011-5808-4_6
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